White-Breasted Cuckoo-Shrike
Coracina pectoralis
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyCampephagidae (Cuckooshrikes)
- GenusCoracina (Typical Cuckooshrikes)
- SpeciesCoracina pectoralis (White-Breasted Cuckoo-Shrike)
The white-breasted cuckooshrike (Ceblepyris pectoralis) is a species of bird in the family Campephagidae. It is found in Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest and dry savanna. The species forages at mid-canopy level and is typically found alone or in pairs. It is insectivorous, feeding primarily on insects and caterpillars. Wikipedia →
<5% of wildlife watchers report a White-Breasted Cuckoo-Shrike sighting in Kidepo Valley National Park, based on 5 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
Closest Relatives at Kidepo Valley National Park
Grey Cuckoo-Shrike
Coracina caesia
Red-shouldered Cuckoo-shrike
Campephaga phoenicea
Black Cuckoo-shrike
Campephaga flava
Piapiac
Ptilostomus afer
Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu
Uraeginthus bengalus
Yellow-billed Shrike
Corvinella corvina
Sooty Chat
Myrmecocichla nigra
Rüppell's Glossy-starling
Lamprotornis purpuroptera
Common Bulbul
Pycnonotus barbatus
Grey-backed Fiscal
Lanius excubitoroides
Fork-tailed Drongo
Dicrurus adsimilis
Croaking Cisticola
Cisticola natalensis
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
| # | Park | Country | Probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mikumi National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 2 | Gorongosa National Park | 🇲🇿 Mozambique | |
| 3 | Kafue National Park | 🇿🇲 Zambia | |
| 4 | South Luangwa National Park | 🇿🇲 Zambia | |
| 5 | Hwange National Park | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | |
| 6 | Kidepo Valley National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 7 | Mana Pools National Park | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | |
| 8 | Gonarezhou National Park | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | |
| 9 | Liwonde National Park | 🇲🇼 Malawi | |
| 10 | Lower Zambezi National Park | 🇿🇲 Zambia | |
| 11 | Murchison Falls National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 12 | Lake Mburo National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 13 | Chobe National Park | 🇧🇼 Botswana | |
| 14 | Kibale National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 15 | Kruger National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a White-Breasted Cuckoo-Shrike in Kidepo Valley National Park?
About 2% of wildlife watchers report a White-Breasted Cuckoo-Shrike sighting in Kidepo Valley National Park, based on 5 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
When is the best time to see White-Breasted Cuckoo-Shrike in Kidepo Valley National Park?
July has the highest sighting rate for White-Breasted Cuckoo-Shrike in Kidepo Valley National Park in our monthly data.